When I look at Canada's trade, I think our exports.... The last number we had from the government, from 2022, is $940 billion. If we go up $30 million or $40 million in trade with Ecuador, that's kind of a rounding error in enhancements of trade.
This leads me to this question: Why are we here? There are so many trade issues that the government has. We did a study on non-tariff barriers in existing free trade agreements. Those barriers are worth hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions of dollars, but the government is choosing to focus on a free trade agreement with Ecuador. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
Mr. Trew or Ms. Price, do you have any idea why the government is deciding to pursue this free trade agreement?